The World On Stage Productions: Real Struggles of Real People Podcast

It's been a productive, yet lonely, freshman year for you at college. During the next fall,  an acquaintance suggested another math geek you should connect with.  She said you have a lot in common with him, is cute, and also plays a musical instrument like you.  He made you laugh on the phone, when offering to meet you for coffee. Could anything derail your date after class?  Could anything be a deal-breaker?  Discover the answers in The World on Stage Productions podcast of 20/20 VISION.  This podcast is part of our series entitled Real Struggles of Real People with plays written and directed by Delvyn C. Case, Jr. and produced by David Cousins.  Phoebe Reeves stars as SHARON in 20/20 VISION.  After you have listened to this podcast, check out other podcasts of The World on Stage Productions as well as Delvyn's plays on his website (www.delvyncasejr.com).

Why would you carry two pebbles from your grandmother's garden in Brooklyn in your pocketbook for 20 years? How could anything be that significant? Why would your grandmother hope that someday you'd place both pebbles where they belong? Find out with Jackie Oliveri playing the role of Amy in the podcast PEBBLES IN REMEMBRANCE in The World on Stage Productions podcast written and directed by Delvyn C. Case, Jr. and produced by David Cousins. After listening to this podcast, check out our other podcasts in our series Real Struggles of Real People and Delvyn's plays available on his website (www.delvyncasejr.com).

Why would a mother cut her pre-teen daughter's hair when she usually takes her to beauty salon? Why then does the daughter don her brother's clothes? Discover the answers in the World on Stage Productions podcast of HAIRCUT. Written and directed by Delvyn C. Case, Jr. and produced by David Cousins. HAIRCUT stars Elly Berke, Jackie Oliveri, and Derek Kingley. After you have listened to this podcast, check out other podcasts of the World on Stage Productions as well as Delvyn's plays on his website

What would life be like after an acid attack by one's family for disobeying them? The World on Stage Productions, Delvyn C. Case, Jr., Playwright and Director, and David Cousins, Producer, present a podcast in our series Real Struggles of Real People. The play, MAKEUP, stars Anjali Khujali, Monica Sharma, Liana S. Afuni, and Darpan Joshi. Set in a woman's shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan, the play opens with Rika applying makeup as an effort to cover the scars of burns she has suffered because she attempted to run away with the young man she loves rather than submit to the choice of her parents.

As she awaits a meeting with her parents, Rika re-lives in her mind what has happened and what maybe the future if she returns to their home. Can she make up with them? Does she have any other choice or choices? After you listen to this podcast, check out other podcasts of The World on Stage Productions as well as Delvyn's website ( www.delvyncasejr.com )and Facebook page (Facebook.com/delvyncasejr.) for more plays available for your listening.

What is daily life in a refugee camp while waiting for an opportunity for freedom in a new country? The World on Stage Productions, Delvyn C. Case, Jr., Playwright and Director, and David Cousins, Producer, presents a podcast in our series Real Struggles of Real People. The play, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...AHMED stars Charlie Cole, Dick Sewall, and Randy Hunt. Set on a dock on the island of Samos, Greece, the play opens with AHMED fishing early one morning. Approaching AHMED is MARA, a newly-arrived refugee from Syria, whose boat has capsized approaching shore, casting MARA’s brother and his niece into the sea. MARA is greatly distressed not knowing their fate. Joining the two on the dock is MAHID, AHMED’S cousin, who has seen MARA’S family when he was down on the beach.

After you listen to this podcast, check out other podcasts of The World on Stage Productions as well as Delvyn’s website www.delvyncasejr.com and Facebook page Facebook.com/delvyncasejr. for more plays available to you.

A new day dawns for a female commissioned officer in the Afghanistan police force. What will her day be like? The World on Stage Productions, Delvyn C. Case, Jr., Playwright and Director, and David Cousins, Producer, presents a podcast in our series Real Struggles of Real People. The podcast from

Be sure to listen to our new podcast THE BAKER OF KOS presented by The World on Stage Productions.  We shouldn't forget the baker of a tiny Greek island who in 2015 made and gave thousands of loaves of bread to arriving refugees from Syria during that crisis year.  Although Dionysis Arvanitakis won numerous national and international humanitarian awards for his actions, his love for his neighbor must be remembered and mirrored in our own lives.

What do many teenage girls in Afghanistan want? How about an education so often denied them? How about scoring high in the Afghanistan National University Entrance Exam? Elly Berke is

What can we learn about the Black experience in America from two great Black American women? The World on Stage Productions, Delvyn C. Case, Jr., Playwright and Director, and David Cousins, Producer, presents the following podcast of two monologues in our series Real Struggles of Real People. SOJOURNER TRUTH 1852: THE TALE OF THE BOLL WEEVIL dramatizes the speech of Sojourner Truth before an Ohio town meeting in 1852 when she was invited to debate the Fugitive Slave Act that was having a chilling effect on former slaves who had sought freedom and refuge in the North. MAHALIA JACKSON: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE dramatizes a meeting  she had with her record producer in 1955 when she was offered a lucrative contract to sing secular music rather than gospel music. Both monologues feature Sheilah Barksdale. After you listen to this podcast, check out

Letters to Santa Claus go to the North Pole. Where do letters to God go? By international agreement, there is a place where such letters are mailed. In this episode of The World On Stage Productions: Real Struggles of Real People, we find out where these letters go, and how they affect the people who deal with them. "Letters to God - Where Do They Go?" starts Larry Maltin, Miriam Feinstein and Calvin Gladen.